Plagued Consoomers / Consoomer Culture - Because if it has a recogniseable brand on it, I’d buy it!

[Headshotmaster138]

We talk about the many Nintendo consoomers, but I do wish we talked about the PlayStation consoomers more:

There’s more videos that I can find on this one, but I know for a fact that most of these games are so rare, that even the prices are somewhere in the $150-$200 range on eBay. Either that, or I can find ROMs for the games, but they (probably) won’t run right the appropriate emulator for it.

Not gonna lie. I'm a little jealous of that dude's PS1 collection.

I get wanting to collect the standout hits, cult classics, and games with just good box art. But outside of extracting data for media preservation, there isn't much reason to hold on to most of those titles. Also, disk rot is supposed to be setting in for ps1 and ps2 games about now. I wonder how it will impact the price when they are too deteriorated to even run properly? Do game collectors even play the games they collect or will that decrease the game's value?

Have yet to encounter any disk rot in my game collection.

current year value speculator "collectors" don't play or even open the games, so no. Disc rot also is a thing that only happens sometimes as far as I'm aware and is caused by a number of factors like fucking mold somehow finding it's way INTO the fucking cases. I'm scared to open my old ps1/ps2 games due to this but I did it with my gamecube games a few years ago and they played fine thank fucking god.
PS2 games had a problem specific to them where if you played them a lot they'd become unplayable, but it was less a disc rot thing and more a weird defect of another kind involving some models of the console somehow managing to burn the data OUT of the discs from reading them too much.

To my knowledge, Disk rot only happens if you don't take care of your disk, like putting them in a very hot and damp area as opposed to putting them in a cool and dry area. I know the Saga Saturn has the highest chance of disc rot due how cheaply made the CDs were compared to the PS1 which still work after almost 20 to 25 years of use.

I wonder if Gun, Cars, and Vinyl Collectors count as coonsumers? I know this thread is mostly talking about millennials but let's talk about the boomers and their coosumerism.

 

[Puerto Pollo]

I wonder if Gun, Cars, and Vinyl Collectors count as coonsumers? I know this thread is mostly talking about millennials but let's talk about the boomers and their coosumerism.

A single old lady's faux-porcelain duck had more soul and intrinsic artistic value than the entirety of the stuff we've seen in the last 294 pages

 

[NoReturn]

I wonder if Gun, Cars, and Vinyl Collectors count as coonsumers? I know this thread is mostly talking about millennials but let's talk about the boomers and their coosumerism.

Now you've done it.

Boomer collections:

Boomer leisure:


Boomer spending:

Spoiler: Meta

Articles for Boomers:

(If you want the full articles, find 'em yourselves, lazy Boomers.)

Videos on the same topic, for Boomers:

Spoiler: Bonus 4chan anti-boomer collage

In conclusion, I'd rather post about younger consoomers because Boomers unironically piss me off.

 

[Headshotmaster138]

Now you've done it.

Boomer collections:

Boomer leisure:
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Boomer spending:
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Spoiler: Meta

Articles for Boomers:
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(If you want the full articles, find 'em yourselves, lazy Boomers.)

Videos on the same topic, for Boomers:

Spoiler: Bonus 4chan anti-boomer collage

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In conclusion, I'd rather post about younger consoomers because Boomers unironically piss me off.

I don't have a problem with people collecting shit like that if I'm being honest. It's just fans being passionate about their hobbies. I do have a problem with hipsters collecting shit for the novelty of it and not giving a shit about it other than to either make money or look special, ruining it people who are passionate about their hobbies.

 

[Vingle]

Kbeauty:

First of all, collagen molecules are too big to enter the skin. Hydrolyzed collagen, too small or something. But point is, topical collagen only works as an fancy moisturiser. It gives the skin a silky feel at least.
It's better to just microneedle and apply tretinoin afterwards. if you don't want to do have a healing time. This is why I don't fucking trust aestheticians.
This isn't dermatologist knowledge, but aestheticians just have this formal training. Which is an quickie on skin, which I doubt they have to update themselves on. At least dermatologists lose their license if they aren't up to date.

I have seen an aesthetician on jewtube that thought tretinoin is toxic, which it is not. If you're not pregnant, but you can't take lots of things then. But yep, I could see an aesthetician in my country say that too.

 

[Yaks]

I don't have a problem with people collecting shit like that if I'm being honest. It's just fans being passionate about their hobbies. I do have a problem with hipsters collecting shit for the novelty of it and not giving a shit about it other than to either make money or look special, ruining it people who are passionate about their hobbies.

If you need a separate building to house your McDonald's memorabilia you have a problem.

 

[Cauchy]

double whammy

 

[Valkorion]

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[Airbrushed Van Art]

I dunno, we love the hand-made porcelain tea cups and saucers my grandma left us. We only use them on special occasions but they’re really fucking nice. Kind of glad she collected those back in the 40s and 50s. Most were hand painted in England. Whatever; if you don’t want your boomer parents stuff sell it or donate who gives a fuck.

 

[Headshotmaster138]

If you need a separate building to house your McDonald's memorabilia you have a problem.

Kinda reminds me of the boomers who have an entire warehouse full of 60s muscle cars. I usually keep my little personal collection in my room.

 

[Yaks]

I dunno, we love the hand-made porcelain tea cups and saucers my grandma left us. We only use them on special occasions but they’re really fucking nice. Kind of glad she collected those back in the 40s and 50s. Most were hand painted in England. Whatever; if you don’t want your boomer parents stuff sell it or donate who gives a fuck.

Those are actually nice and well made though. A lot of us get stuck with basement Home Shopping Network trash and an expansive Precious Moments collection.

Kinda reminds me of the boomers who have an entire warehouse full of 60s muscle cars. I usually keep my little personal collection in my room.

It's just organized hoarding once you reach that scale.

 

[Sarcastic sockpuppet]

I don't have a problem with people collecting shit like that if I'm being honest. It's just fans being passionate about their hobbies. I do have a problem with hipsters collecting shit for the novelty of it and not giving a shit about it other than to either make money or look special, ruining it people who are passionate about their hobbies.

On one hand there are not directly hurting anybody, on another hand:

1/It's just hoarding and consuming. They are hoarder who have money and can organize their collection, but the drive to accumulate to fill the emptiness inside is not that dissimilar. (same with rich people and cars)
2/A lot of that is trash. It's shitty toys that are gonna lose their luster pretty fast.

 

[David Glowie]

Now you've done it.

Boomer collections:

Boomer leisure:
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Boomer spending:
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Spoiler: Meta

Articles for Boomers:
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(If you want the full articles, find 'em yourselves, lazy Boomers.)

Spoiler: Meta

Someone should start "upcycling" those unwanted Boomer china hutches into Funko Pop hutches.

 

[Fapcop]

I don't have a problem with people collecting shit like that if I'm being honest. It's just fans being passionate about their hobbies. I do have a problem with hipsters collecting shit for the novelty of it and not giving a shit about it other than to either make money or look special, ruining it people who are passionate about their hobbies.

Yeah, it’s weird when it reaches that size, but I can’t help but feel a little respect towards the SW boomer, who managed to turn his collection into an actual museum/tourist attraction.

And other fans get to enjoy it too, which is cool.

I know that consolefags/game fags have a pretty competitive collectors environment where they just hoard stuff and never let anyone take a peek at it.

If they have some techdemo of an unreleased title, or some obscure piece of SEGA software they’ll sit on that shit and get some perverse joy from knowing that they might be one of the few people who’ve ever seen it.

 

[Yaks]

Yeah, it’s weird when it reaches that size, but I can’t help but feel a little respect towards the SW boomer, who managed to turn his collection into an actual museum/tourist attraction.

And other fans get to enjoy it too, which is cool.

I know that consolefags/game fags have a pretty competitive collectors environment where they just hoard stuff and never let anyone take a peek at it.

If they have some techdemo of an unreleased title, or some obscure piece of SEGA software they’ll sit on that shit and get some perverse joy from knowing that they might be one of the few people who’ve ever seen it.

A lot of the boomer collectors could make some nice retirement pocket money by opening up museums for dumb shit. People love a weird tourist trap.

There is definitely a war going on with the game collectors though. You've got preservationists vs the secret hoarders/speculators. It's interesting to watch.

One wants to keep their stuff private like you said, the other is willing to obsessively order Toys R Us advertisement cards off ebay and scan/archive them. They're literally just small pieces of cardboard with usually just the game box on them so you could read what you were buying. They'll easily pay $25+ for a single card.

I discovered them not that long ago. The amount of money this man has in small pieces of cardboard with no new information or even visuals from the game boxes is impressive.

 

[NoReturn]

I dunno, we love the hand-made porcelain tea cups and saucers my grandma left us. We only use them on special occasions but they’re really fucking nice. Kind of glad she collected those back in the 40s and 50s. Most were hand painted in England. Whatever; if you don’t want your boomer parents stuff sell it or donate who gives a fuck.

Those are hand-made porcelain teacups, and there's a reason that's the sort of thing focused on in the article; they resonate with the audience as "things that have value" so they can go "Dumb, lazy adult children! They don't care about anything but the newest electronic device! They prefer experiences!"
Like Yaks said, this:

A lot of us get stuck with basement Home Shopping Network trash and an expansive Precious Moments collection.

is much more common. Precious Moments less so these days, but "trash" is still the bulk of what's out there.
Younger people who have room for "things" aren't universally going to reject well-made, older items, the problem I'm seeing much more often irl is that the Boomer parents either:
A. Wants to "downsize" for retirement or just because they're getting older, and wants the child to keep their things
or
B. The parent has fucked up in some way and has to move and wants the adult child to "hold on to" their stuff

Let me be clear here, this is all happening while the Boomers are still alive. Boomers may want to know their shit is going "to a good home" but when they're dead they don't get a vote and wouldn't care anyway.
All this conflict is happening because these people are still alive, and in some way, they don't want to part with their crap. They see "giving it to their children" as a way to keep their stuff in their lives, but won't admit it to themselves or others.

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Spoiler: Meta

Someone should start "upcycling" those unwanted Boomer china hutches into Funko Pop hutches.

 

[Headshotmaster138]

Those are actually nice and well made though. A lot of us get stuck with basement Home Shopping Network trash and an expansive Precious Moments collection.

It's just organized hoarding once you reach that scale.

Looks like I'm going to build a warehouse to store my games then.

 

[Headshotmaster138]

Yeah, it’s weird when it reaches that size, but I can’t help but feel a little respect towards the SW boomer, who managed to turn his collection into an actual museum/tourist attraction.

And other fans get to enjoy it too, which is cool.

I know that consolefags/game fags have a pretty competitive collectors environment where they just hoard stuff and never let anyone take a peek at it.

If they have some techdemo of an unreleased title, or some obscure piece of SEGA software they’ll sit on that shit and get some perverse joy from knowing that they might be one of the few people who’ve ever seen it.

I have a pretty decent size collection and I'm not that anal about people touching my shit.

 

[Headshotmaster138]

On one hand there are not directly hurting anybody, on another hand:

1/It's just hoarding and consuming. They are hoarder who have money and can organize their collection, but the drive to accumulate to fill the emptiness inside is not that dissimilar. (same with rich people and cars)
2/A lot of that is trash. It's shitty toys that are gonna lose their luster pretty fast.

I don't know dude. Your words are actually motivating me to get back into collecting and befriend other like minded fellows. Might actually buy a library shelf to store my games too while I'm at it.

 

[Pissmaster]

I don't know dude. Your words are actually motivating me to get back into collecting and befriend other like minded fellows.

With used game prices these days, good luck, lol. When the bubble pops, I'm gonna buy up hell of deals at yard sales but I ain't paying no three hundred bux for The Jetsons on NES